Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Georg Vogel

Alfred Hahn

Arthur Gall

Wilko Kuphal

Heinz Meier

Heinz Wons

Kurt Kunne

An x-ray examination apparatus has an x-ray radiator mounted on a radiator carrier, with an x-ray film cassette loading and positioning device arranged relative to the radiator carrier so that an x-ray film cassette can be loaded into the device at a position remote from the x-ray radiator, and can be conveyed by the device, after loading, to an exposure position disposed beneath the x-ray radiator.

X-ray examination apparatus having an X-ray film cassette loading and

The apparatus for non-contacting disintegration of concretions situated in a life form includes a patient bed, a shock wave generator secured on a carriage below the surface of the bed with an arrangement for coupling energy from the shock wave generator positioned between the generator and the bed; an X-ray unit being mounted for pivotable movement on a longitudinal axis and used for positioning the patient with the isocenter of the region to be treated to lie on the longitudinal axis at a space above the surface of the bed and the carriage for the shock wave generator moving the focal point of the shock wave generator along said longitudinal axis from a working position with the energy focused on the isocenter to a remote position. The arrangement for mounting the X-ray unit includes a C-shaped carrier, which will pivot around the longitudinal axis and positions the X-ray radiator or emitter on an opposite side from the radiation receiver. In addition, the apparatus will pivot the shock wave generator around the same longitudinal axis and the C-shaped carrier is preferably pivotable around a second axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

Apparatus for non-contacting disintegration of concretions

An X-ray examining apparatus having X-ray exposure installation, an inclinable support bed for a patient, and an overhead X-ray tube which is connected with the X-ray exposure installation. The X-ray exposure installation together with the X-ray tube is rotatably supported about a horizontal axis, and the patient support bed for the patient longitudinally slidably carried on the X-ray exposure installation. In this manner, the X-ray tube together with its high voltage cable, and the X-ray exposure installation, are commonly supported at a location which is fixed with respect to the horizontal direction. The X-ray exposure installation may be fastened to a carrier or support tube which envelops the horizontal axis. The carrier tube may be supported, so as to rotate about the horizontal axis, on a carriage which is slidable in a vertical direction along a separating wall.

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Bubenreuth, Germany

Georg Vogel